produced water

The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways

Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive.

Story by Kiley Bense, photos by Scott Goldsmith

Pitted Against Waste

By Martha Pskowski, Lise Olsen

Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions?

Story by Jake Bolster, photos by Lee Pruitt

Texas Supreme Court Rules on Produced Water Ownership

By Martha Pskowski

New Mexico Bans Release of Treated Oil and Gas Wastewater

By Carrie Klein

Treating Texas’ Oilfield Wastewater Could Require More Energy Than Most US States

By Dylan Baddour

EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski, Kiley Bense

Colorado Will Require Oil and Gas Companies to Increase Water Recycling for Fracking

By Jake Bolster, Martha Pskowski

Pollution From a Pennsylvania Landfill Caused Problems for Decades. Fracking Waste Made It Worse

By Kiley Bense

Texas Regulators Finalize Oilfield Waste Rule

By Martha Pskowski

New Mexico Lawmakers to Decide Whether Oil and Gas Wastewater Could Be Reused on Wide Scale

By Carrie Klein

Can Recycled Oilfield Water Quench the Thirst of Drought-Stricken West Texas?

By Martha Pskowski

A Company’s Struggles Raise Questions About the Future of Lithium Extraction in Pennsylvania

By Kiley Bense

Debate Flares Over Texas’ Proposed Oil and Gas Waste Rule

By Martha Pskowski

Study Links Permian Blowouts With Wastewater Injection

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Texas Tribune

Peering Inside the Pandora’s Box of Oil and Gas Waste

By Kiley Bense

New Mexico Debates What to Do With Oil and Gas Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski

Another Blowout Adds to Mystery of Permian Basin Water Pressure

By Dylan Baddour

Texas Companies Eye Pecos River Watershed for Oilfield Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour